Having Fun Again Key to Jamie Varner’s Comeback

“I felt like I’d just lost whatever I had, whatever drive,
motivation, fire that I had. I felt like I had lost it. I’d lost a
sense of who I was as a fighter and as a competitor. I think coming
back to Arizona and kind of just saying screw it, I guess you could
say -- I like to fight. I like to compete. I wasn’t done competing.
I just had to kind of find my love for the sport again. That was
what made it more difficult for me. I think going to the Lab and
training with some of those guys, being around John Crouch and
getting back to my old ways with Trevor Lally
over at Arizona Combat Sports, I found a love for the sport again.
I just quit putting so much pressure on myself. I think that’s what
made it fun and that’s what allowed me to have this amazing 2012.”